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FRANCIS E ltIORAN, OF MILBURN, ILINOIS.

`Letters Patent Na. 62,356, dated February 26, 1867.

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To ALL WHoM I'r MAY ooNonRNv Be it known that I, F. E. MOBAN, of Millburn, in the county of Lake, and State of illinois, have invented n new und useful Improvement in Machine for Planting Cotton; und I do hereby deolnre' that the following is a w full, clear, und exact description of 'the construction and operation of the some, reference being hecl to the nnnexd rnwings nnd letters of reference mnrlced thoreon, making o, port of this specificntion, in which- Figure 1 is a. perspective representntion of my machine, with one of the Wheels removed to give n yiew of the gearing.

Figura 2 is a. longitudinul elevntion, with both Wheels removeml end thev shovels unrl seed-droppers elevntefl, ns when the machine is pnssing to and froin the field, nd when pessing over obstacles. i

The nature ofmy invention consists in nrrunging anrl combining the morking a-ndpovering shovels with jointed dropping pipes and o. slotted geuge-stop, so that the whole combination may be clcva'ted by means of n. common level' and spring stop, in order that the shovels and'pipes may be olevatefl when being conveyed to the field, arullso when coming in contact with obstructions; and in enlarging the dropping pipcs directly below vthe`seed-sepurotor, for the -purpose of preventing the cotton Seed from clogging after having been properlyv sepurateri from the fibres. Gret difiiculty has been heretofore eperienced' in- (leviees for properly separnfting the'cotton seed `before pnssing through theconduetors to the ground. By the enlargement of the pipesreferred .170, this diifienlty is ohvinte(l,.for the seed, after being separatell by the toothed cylinder, lms sufiicient room 'to pass through to the grouncl'freely'. The jointed pipes orconductors'are necessary, for if constructed otherwise, i they could not'he elevated, and, as metztllic pipes `nre host for conveying the seed, a simil'ar construction is neeesser. A i'eprcsents the 'substnntinl frame, supported by the oxle B, which has mortises fon supporting the :ndjust- .'ible mnrking and eovering 'sh'ovelst'C D, the opposite coveringshovel Dheing concealed by the jointecl spout E. It will he seen that the eovering shovels I) are set diegonolly, and attched to two prongs F, welded together nt G, and having the joint f connecting the prongs Fwith the ndjusteble part H, which may he raised or iowered by means of the holes 'n und pin m, P represents. the hopperspin which the seed is put; end B' the shnft supported hy the frnnte A, nnd pussing through the hoppers P. This shaft has the piniou R seen nt fig. 1, which is operatc by the drive-wheel S nttnchcd to the nxle B, :ts seen at fig. 2, and also supports the pickers or seedvsepnrntors Q, shown by they dotted lines at figs. 1 and 2. These pickers are important for separnting the seed froin the fibres in order vthat it may full evenly upon the ground. J shows slotted bers, ocljusted overthe rods attnched to t-he parts T F, seen at figs. 1 and 2. K represents o curved` bar, having o. slot nt the. lower' end, through which the central rod L passes, and is prevented from being carried Vbach by pressure, as the upper end of this bar is nttnched to the fromeA by the pin M. The object` of oll of thebars JfI'Kis to steody the shovels O D, and prevent them from heing forced, by the pressure of earth or obstztcles,l backward so for as to be inopere ntive. U 'V show the common vlevern'nrl springused to throw thetsho'vels in and out of gear in the nsunl ma-nner;

Operation. W shows the tongue to which the power is applied similar to other plunting'machines. The seed cen be put in the hoxes or ho'ppers P, after which the maehineehn be put in motion, and the shovels C will make the furrows'for reeeiving the"seri3 und the lslmvels D will cover it after it has passed throuh the pipes E E'.

When plantiug seed on rooty or 'rough ground, only one of the shovels D need be used on the sides of the machine. In the constructon'shown in ,the'drowing no provision is made for adjusting the pipe-s F; E! and shovels 0 D to plant rows of different widths; but this can be aecomplished by the use of any of the common devices arrnnged in the common corn planters.

Having thus fully doscribed my machine, `What I cioi'm, and desire to secure by Letters 'Pn'tent of the United States, is-

1. The urrnngcment-and combination of the diogonnl shovels D, markmg shovels C, rods L L I, slotted bnrs J J K, ,nad pipes E E', snhstztntinlly ns set forth.`

2. The hoppers P, withienlnrgements X, in combination with the seporators Q, and pipcs E E', substantially ns set fot-th. v FRANCIS E. MORAN.

Witnesees 1 Geo. L. Ciment, A. Human.- 

